[Solved] 1300$ build i7 920

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: within 2 weeks BUDGET RANGE: 1300-1400 after rebates

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, movies, internet, spreadsheets, college stuff, photo editing

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: mouse, monitor, speakers, and i got the i7 920 on sale

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: whoever has the best return policy, i want no hassles COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA (new york)

PARTS PREFERENCES: none

OVERCLOCKING: maybe in the future but not right now SLI OR CROSSFIRE: in the future but not right now

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1200

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Quiet would be nice being as its going to be right next to my bed. and a Mid case would be preferable cause im sure you can guess the premium on space in manhattan. I was thinking i would grab a 5850 but with the recent price changes if i can fit a 5870 in there, by all means. As long as im not trading out quality parts.

so you have $1400 but you already grabbed the 920, and u dont need a monitor right??..$1,300 should be plenty, ill be back with a list of parts and some imput.

yes those are viable options, the reason I included the H50 and the elements was to make it nearly silence, but u can look into the antec 300 illussion or the 690 as you said or the HAF 922 is currently for $99 at the egg, also the xigmatek dark knight offers the best value, currently retailing for just 44.99 free shipping, the Noctua NH-U12P isnt quite bad, but too big and noisy ( http://www.youtube.com/user/tjharl [...] WxaCyUwEgo )

so the corsair cooler isnt something i should rely on? forget price in the corsair vs a xigmatek, all i want to know is the performance comparison? cause i wouldnt mind spending the extra 30 for some quiet.

Name brand psu is a must. I hear horror stories from people who try to shave pennies off there.

I was actually thinking of going with this for the psu but i can understand spending a little more for the cable management. So OCZ make quality PSUs?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139006

also, why would you pick the asus ati card over the xfx? anything particular or just tomato tomato

Snakej is right about the psu. This is where you don't want to go cheap. Quality is the focus here and always look for continues power wattage rather than peak power. Moduler is a must, but if you go with the great performer ones, this comes standard. You can't go wrong with Corsair, PC Power and Cooling, or my favorite, Thermaltake. I have the Thermaltake TR2 RX 850W (retailed 150.00 USD) and it handles my GTX295 and the other components at ease with some leftovers. You don't have to spend gobbs of money here, at the same time, don't sink too low. As for cooling, the Corsair is an excelent choice. Don't take my words for it, do the research recommended to you earlier. If you want to go with air, I have the Thermaltake Spin-Q, right around the same price that performs so pleasently and quite too. Just take recommendations, do your own research and consider all routs before purchase. Finally, I second the 5870. Go with this card or wait for Nvidia 300 series coming this December.
p.s. Best return policy.hassle free site? Best Buy. Buy online, return in store. If they have your product, buy from them. Higher price? Price match garentee. They won't do it? Yell at them, trust me, it works...

hmm, ill stick with the H50, save yourself some money and trouble, i mean unless you have lots of experience putting together a water cooling kit, otherwise i wont recommended, Also who ever said the H50 was a cheap water cooler, i dont want to mention any names as i dont think cory1234 will like that, any ways the H50 inst a cheap Liquid colling system, otherwise i wouldn't recommend it, I dont know why some people post here with such an authority:

look I dont come here and start posting messages because i hear this and that, true is Computer hardware is my passion and I actually sit for many hours and reseach so i can be of assist to people like omfgnoogies

i wont say more here is the review of the H50 http://www.guru3d.com/article/cors [...] er-review/ .Is either that or a good Air cooler from this list http://www.frostytech.com/top5heatsinks.cfm

No i don't recommend Asrock, at least not for x58 chipset, the X58 is premium for a high end system, high end and cheap dont mix, so dont go cheap on the mobo as the mobo, cpu and VGA are where the money should be put, since everything I put is in yor budget of 1,300 dont change anything, but if you no longer have this budget for "X" reason get the corsair 750w non modular and the Cooler Master Haf 922, this will save you some money, but please if going to chage anything, the only thing you cant change is the Cpu, but that you already have, the motherboard and VGA, the hard drive i put 2, if don't need more the 500gb just get one, also the best hard drive right now, cant get a better one, memory, you might get cheaper set, but that Gskill will save you some problems as i know is very reliable.

much appreciated bro thanks so much. if i can change the fluid in the h50 that will definitely be the route i go

I would really apreciate if you were to go with the memory and hard drive i linked above, also i have got a question for you,

Are you a Extreme overclocker? do you have lots of experience when comes to overclocking?

If yes, good choice on the cooler, pretty sure you will know how to use it.

if no, then that cooler is not for you, you are spending to much and you wont se the benefits from it, i know a couple of ppl who would put an airplane turbine if they could in order to cold their processor, but they also are insane overclockers who don't care for noise, and i never seem them keep their computer for every day use, so what they consider super good it isn't for us, people who actually work and leave around where the computer is at.

about the video card, clear and good to go, no problems there.

lol, it isn't that loud, but you can pay a lot less, for similar performance, i know many people here in the forums will agree with me, but i guess you have the money, so go ahead, about the hard drive is just old technology, the Samsung f3 is faster regardless of the 16mb cache.

"Just old technology"? Back up your pretentious bullshit; instead of telling him it's "just better", why don't you SHOW him evidence that backs up your opinion. Try telling him about platter size differences and the effect that has on read speed. Point him to a review that has actually done tests that explains the differences in read speeds between the two compared against the cache sizes.

And did you actually compare a NHU12 P to a jet turbine? Really? I wish I had the ability to interrupt you while you end up clacking away at a snippy response so I could just say "Really?" repeatedly.

the youtube video sorta sold me on the noctua.
He said the fans were virtually silent and its posting amazing temperatures

i think the benchies had it -10 degrees across the board from stock. Im still green at this pc thing, but thats a fairly big number isnt it?

what?

by the way i was loonkin at you cart and notice you change it for the mushkins, this are the red lines he uses on the test http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820226050

although that memory is really overcloable and perform really well, the one i recomended are around for cheaper, but if going with mushkins might as well go for this not the black ones.

I just ordered everything the other night, thank you guys so much for your help i dont think i could have done it without everyones input.

I'm a satisfied tomshardware convert. I appreciate everything, especially the original build given by snakej. It really set the foundation for what i could do with my budget and "constraints"

Cheers